Sitting in Judgment: The Working Lives of Judges
Autor Penny Darbyshireen Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 sep 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781849462396
ISBN-10: 1849462399
Pagini: 478
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hart Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1849462399
Pagini: 478
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hart Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
This new book gives an unrivalled glimpse of the modern courtroom.The author was given unprecedented access to the whole range of courts and the book is the result of seven years worth of interviews and observations.Essential reading for anyone wishing to know about the experience of modern judging, the education, training and professional lives of judges and the current state of the courts and judiciary in England and Wales.Without doubt the most revealing and compelling picture of the modern judiciary in England and Wales ever seen.
Notă biografică
Penny Darbyshire is a Professor of Law at Kingston University, having been a lecturer, senior lecturer and reader at Kingston University since 1978. She is also an adjunct associate professor, University of Notre Dame, London Law Centre, and was a visiting lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley, from 1992 until 1993. She was a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge in 2005. She has a first degree in law, a master's degree in criminology and a Ph D in socio-legal studies.
Cuprins
1. Introduction 2. Images of Judges 3 Where Do English and Welsh Judges Come From? 4. The First Step on the Ladder: Becoming a Part-time Judge 5. Becoming Her Majesty's Judge 6. Training 7. Judges'Working Personality 8. Criminal Business: District Judges in the Magistrates' Court 9. Criminal Business: Circuit Judges in the Crown Court 10. Judges and Juries 11. Civil Business in the County Court 12. Family Judges: The Patience of Job and the Judgment of Solomon 13. High Court Business 14. The Court of Appeal 15. Brenda and the Law Lords Transform into the Supremes 16. Judges on Judges 17. Tools of the Trade 18. The World of Judges from 2011
Recenzii
Penny Darbyshire has produced a fascinating book of unparalleled detail on the working and personal lives of judges in England and Wales...essential reading for anyone who wishes to comment on the judiciary with authority.
This is an important, interesting and, above all, enjoyable book...For those with only a passing familiarity with the work of judges, there will be much to learn. For seasoned court-watchers, there will also be much of interest; it is riveting to read longer serving judges recount in their own words the total absence of formal training that accompanied their elevation to the bench and the almost unimaginable casualness of the process by which they were appointed in the first place. More than anything, this is an enjoyable book. It is to Darbyshire's credit that the book is not only highly informative, but thoroughly absorbing as well.
Dr Darbyshire was given a warm welcome by her research subjects and extraordinarily open access: she freely recounts her impressions as she watches judges at all levels at work--and over lunch--over many years. Her very sympathetic and entertaining account may perhaps surprise many, particularly those outside the legal system. "Insiders" will be particularly entertained to identify the individual characters she describes so clearly.
...a formidable, utterly fascinating and certainly well written piece of research. If you wish to read a well-rounded and insightful commentary on the experience of modern judging, this book is to be highly recommended.
Penny Darbyshire, the author of this impressive work, has a first degree in law, a master's in criminology and a PhD in socio-legal studies. With those qualifications and existing research expertise in the legal system under her belt she was well placed to take on the formidable task of revealing the truth about the working lives of judges...The findings are a testament to her skill as a researcher and the book is a testament to her skill as a writer. Anyone who is interested in judges and the courtroom should read this truly unique book. I predict that they will not be disappointed and I will not be surprised if Penny Darbyshire wins an award or two for this book.
Sitting in Judgment: The Working Lives of Judges by Penny Darbyshire, is a weighty work. She has spent seven years researching the judiciary and sitting alongside them. The result is a rare exposé of what judges do, think and how they and the system have changed..Darbyshire's painstaking work contains some gems and sheds some light on a world that remains remote to most.
Although little she says will come as a surprise to anyone who has ever spoken to a judge, Darbyshire has some justification for contrasting the fruits of her academic research with the 'cruel and lazy journalism' that has left the public imagining the typical judge to be an 'archaic media folk-devil' dressed up like a pantomime character.Darbyshire's book is probably at its most revealing in showing how judges used to be appointed before the system was reformed; some, she discovered, had applied unsuccessfully for silk and were offered a seat on the circuit bench as a consolation prize. She reminds us, though, of a system in which all judges were appointed by a cabinet minister.
Darbyshire's major contribution, and that of other socio-legal scholars like her, lies in the exposure of the many injustices, incompetence and inefficiencies that have blighted and continue to blight our legal system...What this book does especially well is to show the extent to which the judges, almost as much as the courts' hapless consumers, suffer from and are frustrated by the appalling inadequacies of the UK's woefully underfunded civil and criminal justice systems.
I have now had the pleasure of reading a deal of your book, and I am filled with admiration for it. Many congratulations on a remarkable achievement - exceedingly well researched, comprehensive, perceptive, lucid, illuminating and valuable. These are just a few of the positive adjectives one could shower on this book. But perhaps the most important is the last, because 'Sitting in Judgment' will be a valuable resource for anyone who really wishes to understand what happens on both sides of the judge's courtroom door, the thinking that informs it and, importantly, the difficulties that have to be confronted.
. this is a very readable, well-written, frank, authoritative and enjoyable account of the reality of the day-to-day working lives of English judges. Anyone interested in what really happens in the English courts, in the reality of professional life for judges at whatever level of the English system and the context in which judicial decisions are made in those courts will be unlikely to find a more gritty and realistic account.
This is an important, interesting and, above all, enjoyable book...For those with only a passing familiarity with the work of judges, there will be much to learn. For seasoned court-watchers, there will also be much of interest; it is riveting to read longer serving judges recount in their own words the total absence of formal training that accompanied their elevation to the bench and the almost unimaginable casualness of the process by which they were appointed in the first place. More than anything, this is an enjoyable book. It is to Darbyshire's credit that the book is not only highly informative, but thoroughly absorbing as well.
Dr Darbyshire was given a warm welcome by her research subjects and extraordinarily open access: she freely recounts her impressions as she watches judges at all levels at work--and over lunch--over many years. Her very sympathetic and entertaining account may perhaps surprise many, particularly those outside the legal system. "Insiders" will be particularly entertained to identify the individual characters she describes so clearly.
...a formidable, utterly fascinating and certainly well written piece of research. If you wish to read a well-rounded and insightful commentary on the experience of modern judging, this book is to be highly recommended.
Penny Darbyshire, the author of this impressive work, has a first degree in law, a master's in criminology and a PhD in socio-legal studies. With those qualifications and existing research expertise in the legal system under her belt she was well placed to take on the formidable task of revealing the truth about the working lives of judges...The findings are a testament to her skill as a researcher and the book is a testament to her skill as a writer. Anyone who is interested in judges and the courtroom should read this truly unique book. I predict that they will not be disappointed and I will not be surprised if Penny Darbyshire wins an award or two for this book.
Sitting in Judgment: The Working Lives of Judges by Penny Darbyshire, is a weighty work. She has spent seven years researching the judiciary and sitting alongside them. The result is a rare exposé of what judges do, think and how they and the system have changed..Darbyshire's painstaking work contains some gems and sheds some light on a world that remains remote to most.
Although little she says will come as a surprise to anyone who has ever spoken to a judge, Darbyshire has some justification for contrasting the fruits of her academic research with the 'cruel and lazy journalism' that has left the public imagining the typical judge to be an 'archaic media folk-devil' dressed up like a pantomime character.Darbyshire's book is probably at its most revealing in showing how judges used to be appointed before the system was reformed; some, she discovered, had applied unsuccessfully for silk and were offered a seat on the circuit bench as a consolation prize. She reminds us, though, of a system in which all judges were appointed by a cabinet minister.
Darbyshire's major contribution, and that of other socio-legal scholars like her, lies in the exposure of the many injustices, incompetence and inefficiencies that have blighted and continue to blight our legal system...What this book does especially well is to show the extent to which the judges, almost as much as the courts' hapless consumers, suffer from and are frustrated by the appalling inadequacies of the UK's woefully underfunded civil and criminal justice systems.
I have now had the pleasure of reading a deal of your book, and I am filled with admiration for it. Many congratulations on a remarkable achievement - exceedingly well researched, comprehensive, perceptive, lucid, illuminating and valuable. These are just a few of the positive adjectives one could shower on this book. But perhaps the most important is the last, because 'Sitting in Judgment' will be a valuable resource for anyone who really wishes to understand what happens on both sides of the judge's courtroom door, the thinking that informs it and, importantly, the difficulties that have to be confronted.
. this is a very readable, well-written, frank, authoritative and enjoyable account of the reality of the day-to-day working lives of English judges. Anyone interested in what really happens in the English courts, in the reality of professional life for judges at whatever level of the English system and the context in which judicial decisions are made in those courts will be unlikely to find a more gritty and realistic account.
Descriere
Penny Darbyshire was given unprecedented access to judges in the whole range of courts - from magistrates' courts to the Supreme Court, and spent seven years accompanying them in their daily work. This resulting account is without doubt the most revealing and compelling picture of the modern judiciary in England and Wales ever seen.